Beef not ‘compulsory’ on menu: Games panel

The Games panel said the Commonwealth Games Federation requires it to provide “quality 24-hour catering service offering nutritious meals to the athletes and their team officials during the Commonwealth Games”.

The Federation,the committee says,has directed it to take into consideration the “cultural dietary requirements and the need for variety and rotation of the menu”.

“The organising committee is duty bound to carry this out,” the reply to the RTI query put forward by activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal said.

In the reply,the committee has disclosed a chart of obligations for the panel to comply with under the heading “food service”.

It starts with how the “food provided in the Games Village should take into consideration the special needs of high-performance athletes as well as the national cuisines,religious habits and culinary traditions of the various countries competing”.

To a question on whether “serving beef does not violate the law prevailing in Delhi where serving or use of beef is not allowed”,the committee simply replied “question does not arise”.